He's on his way!

Well, I am happy to report that we are going to be adding a little BOY to our family in August! Scott and I are very excited. I thought he was going to be a boy because I dreamed twice that he was a boy, and Scott was convinced he was going to be a girl. He even wore a pink shirt to the ultrasound. I thought it would be easier to have another girl since we have all the girl stuff, but Scott wanted to have a little boy. One could say that we were pretty split down the middle on it. We would have been excited either way, but we are definitely excited to experience what it is like to raise a little boy. Here are some ultrasound pictures:

 

The above picture shows his face in profile.

In this above picture you can see his head (circle on right) and belly with spine (Left circle) and an arm coming off of the top. He's a big boy- already weighing around a pound and 1 ounce!

This picture speaks for itself. 

We already have a name picked out for our little man. It is Jackson Douglas Willcutts.  We'll probably call him little "Jack" as a nickname. Please keep him in your prayers, and now you can even pray for him by name! We are hoping he will be here a week early around August 14th.

As for the rest of the family, we are all doing pretty well. Scott is just finishing busy season, and he leaves for his last trip this weekend. We are excited for his schedule to slow down a little bit. I've been struggling with some depression, but I am finally getting some help with it and hope to be on the mend as soon as possible.

My mom came down the end of last week and helped me completely clean and organize just about our entire house. She started by cleaning the carpets on our most dirty floors, and then turned into the energizer bunny and organized every closet and room from the basement up! My dad came down last weekend on Saturday and built us some amazing storage shelves for our garage, and he and Scott finished cleaning and organizing the garage. What a huge help! Thank you, Mom and Dad! WOW! 

With my mom's help, I was able to finish getting Ady's room completely toddler-fied, and now she is officially sleeping in there. Her first night in the toddler bed was Friday night. She has done so well adjusting to her new bed. Even for her naps she has been sleeping very well. The funny part is that Scott and I were so nervous to get her out of her crib and into the toddler bed because we assumed that she was going to stop sleeping through the night and stop taking naps. Boy were we wrong! She has done great! Here are some fun pictures of her in her "new" bedroom.

Ady in her crib for one of the last times.

Not a baby anymore. Here is our little princess in her princess bed! What a big girl!

The perfect toddler room and bed for our little girly girl.  It is now as safe as we can get it for a toddler! Yea!

My dad building shelves for the garage and my mom helping to clean and organize:

Scott's mom came down to help out on Sunday, and she got to come with us to see our ultrasound on Monday. It was fun to have her there with us. She had never seen an ultrasound before, so I think she enjoyed getting to come. She stayed until Wednesday evening, and it was wonderful to have her here to help clean and watch Ady so I could go to some appointments. Ady loves playing with Nana, and she had a blast getting to have her here for so long. 

 

Above: Nana and Ady watching TV with "baby" and Izzy

One evening while Tricia was here this week, she watched Ady so Scott and I could go out to dinner together. It has been a couple months since we've gotten to go on a "real" date, so it was a huge blessing to get out and have a nice dinner together. We always love getting to spend that time together catching up and being reminded why we love each other and why we are such a good team. What a much needed blessing! Thank you to all of the very wonderful support, encouragement, and help we got this last week from our families!

Above left: Scott and me about to go on our date. Above right: The baby Jackson bump at 21 weeks

As my readers can see and read, it has been a busy week. I'll keep you all posted on life as I can. 

Have a great weekend!

Love,

Karen Ruth

ps. I cant resist the desire to post these last two pictures of my "big girl" walking in my red high heels. Scott helped her get both of them on, and then she walked around the office for quite a while. She is quite the little ball of joy and fun for us.

Half-way There!

Believe it or not, but I am officially half-way through this pregnancy! It is amazing how much faster this pregnancy is going compared to being pregnant the first time. I think I am much more distracted by chasing Ady around, so time seems to be passing much faster.  We find out next Monday if the baby is a girl or a boy! What is your guess? Scott seems to be convinced that it is another girl, and I had a dream that it is a boy. I guess we shall all just have to wait and see. I am so excited to find out, though! Here is a random information buzz about our growing baby at 20 weeks! Enjoy! (no that is not a picture of our baby- it is someone else's baby at 20 weeks. Look how clear the features are! Wow!)

Over the last four weeks, your baby has grown an incredible amount, and has just about quadrupled his weight. He's big enough that you should be feeling fluttering or quickening quite regularly now. In fact, from his movements you may be able to tell if your baby is awake or asleep. Your baby is anywhere from 25 - 28 cm or 10 inches long and weighs 285-300 grams or 10-11 ounces. 

Your baby has started to practice breathing motions, even though his lungs are not yet mature enough to breathe enough air to allow him to survive outside your body. Lanugo (the fine hair) covers your baby's whole body, and hair on his scalp is beginning to grow. Your baby's ears are fully functional now and he enjoys the sound of uterine noise. All the organs and structures of your baby's body are formed and your baby is now entering a period of simple growth. And you may be getting ready to be a grandma already: if your baby is a girl, her uterus is beginning to develop!

We had such a lovely Easter weekend up in Loveland this year. It was nice to visit our old home church in Greeley and visit with some "old" friends. We had a nice Easter dinner with Scott's family and some church friends at Bill and Tricia's house in Loveland. It was a gorgeous sunny day, so we spent much time outside enjoying the beautiful lake and some gorgeous blue sky.

Here are some pictures from our special weekend celebrating the resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus! He is risen!

Our Easter hats!

My sweet family. Notice that Ady and her babydoll have the same dress. They were darling!

Ady was so sleepy, and she just snuggled in tighter and tighter to her daddy!

so cute:)

Aunt Sarah and Uncle Jeffy

I hope that you were able to get out and enjoy the holiday weekend with your family. I'll keep you posted on how the ultrasound goes next week, and on anything that we find out regarding the gender. Hmmm... will the nursery be pink or blue?

I am so excited!!

Adyson's new words and tricks

I thought it would be fun to post some videos of Ady showing off some new tricks. She was eating dinner by herself at the same time, which is also one of her new tricks. She seems to learn a new word or skill just about every day, and it is fun to watch her blossom into the little girl she is! Our source of entertainment from her is never ending.

The videos wouldn't download onto the blog, so here are the links to YouTube again. Enjoy!

Ady shows some tricks and says, "bye-bye" for the first time:

     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I95oBdBpHr8&feature=youtube_gdata

Ady shows some tricks and new words:

     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qn5P-l7ewJY&feature=youtube_gdata

We just went to the cabin in Estes last week while Scott was up there working. It was such a blast to get to spend some time up in the lovely snow and mountains. On my way up, I had to stop at my parents' house for the night because the snow storm was too bad to drive in. It was an unexpected stop, but it was wonderful to get to see my parents for a night. The next morning, Charlie, Ady and I all headed up to Estes Park. It was a gorgeous drive up the canyon with all the fresh snow from the night before. The sun was shining and the sky was a beautiful bright blue. It was breathtaking! 

Some of Scott's family came up to the cabin that day to celebrate Sarah's birthday. She just turned 20, and we had a wonderful time celebrating her birthday. Below are some pictures of the fun!

 

Above: Everyone enjoying some key lime pie! mmmm! 

Below: Tricia and Sarah- two very fun people to be with!

 

The next morning, I got to spend some good quiet time at the cabin with just Ady and Charlie. It was so refreshing. Ady loved getting to run around on the deck outside and climb on the chairs. Charlie loved playing fetch in the snow with snowballs. The snow was so deep in spots that it was up to his mid-chest!  I just enjoyed being with my sweet baby girl and puppy up at the cabin, and I even got to take a nice nap before we headed back home to Colorado Springs! 

Scott ended up working quite a bit, but I still got to see him for lunch on Wednesday, and then he stayed the night Wednesday up at the cabin. It is cool when he gets to work in places where we can go too.

Here are some more pictures from the cabin:

Below: Good Ol' Charles (as my dad calls him)

Below left: Ady and I like to giggle... A lot! She is so funny.  Below Right: Ady enjoying a PBJ just before nap time at the cabin. I love her expression. She looks like she's singing!

Below left: Ady playing Peekaboo or "Boo" as she calls it.  Below right: One of the funniest expressions I have ever caught Ady making! She climbed up on this chair at the cabin and didn't realize it was a rocking chair. Every time she tried to scoot out, the chair would rock harder. She would then get very frustrated. By the time I took this picture I was laughing so hard the camera was shaking and she was squealing very loudly. Don't worry, though, I got her down soon after. Man she cracks me up!

  

Below: Ady is obsessed with wearing big people shoes. Up at the cabin she LOVED getting to wear Pappy's slippers and march around the cabin in them.

Well, I better get going for now. I hope this blog finds you well. I am just about halfway through this next pregnancy, and we find out in a week and a half if it's a girl or boy. It has been going very well. I am much more tired this time around, but I guess that is to be expected since I am chasing and playing with Ady all day!

Have a wonderful day!

Karen Ruth